Level 6 · 寓言故事 · 46 vocabulary words
Source: 唐·张怀瓘《书断》 · Zhang Huaiguan, Judgments on Calligraphy (Tang)
王羲之是历史上最有名的书法家之一。
Wang Xizhi is one of history's most celebrated calligraphers.
他写字非常用力。传说他在木板上写字,工匠去雕刻的时候,发现墨迹渗进了木板三分深。
He wrote with great force. Legend says that when he wrote on a wooden board, the craftsman found the ink had sunk three fen into the wood.
人们称赞他的字是入木三分。
People praised his writing as 'three fen into the wood'.
后来,人们用入木三分来形容分析问题深刻、到位。
Later the phrase came to describe analysis that cuts deep and true.